University of Tampere

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name =University of Tampere
native_name =Tampereen yliopisto
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established =1925
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staff =2,100
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rector =Krista Varantola
chancellor =Jorma Sipilä
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students =15,400
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city =Tampere
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country =Finland
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website =http://www.uta.fi/The University of Tampere is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has some 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki as a Civic College, and from 1930 onwards it was known as a School of Social Sciences. In 1960 the institution relocated to Tampere, and in 1966 it was officially named University of Tampere.

The university is currently divided into six faculties. Some of the departments are listed under the faculty header.

* Faculty of Economics and Administration
** Department of Economics and Accounting
** Department of Law
** Department of Management Studies
** Department of Regional Studies
* Faculty of Education
** Department of Education
** Department of Teacher Education
** Early Childhood Education
* Faculty of Humanities
** Department of Acting (Theatre)
** Department of History
** Department of Literature and the Arts
** Department of Music Anthropology
** Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research
** School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
* Faculty of Information Sciences
** Department of Computer Sciences
** Department of Information Studies
** Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Philosophy
* Faculty of Medicine
** Department of Nursing Science
** Medical School
** Tampere University Hospital
* Faculty of Social Sciences
** Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
** Department of Political Science and International Relations
** Department of Psychology
** Department of Social Policy and Social Work
** Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
** Department of Women's Studies

External links

* [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere] - Official site